c/todayilearned · by Madbrad200@lemmy.world · 3yTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCONUTS-2b36 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Syranati@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 3y
This is the name my 4 year old would give a celestial body.
Mutelogic@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Companions_on_Ultrawide_Orbits
This group of totally badass dorks discovered and named it!
BitSound@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
How is it "orbiting" at 35 light years away? That's like 8x further away than the nearest star to our sun. Is there just nothing else closer?
valaramech@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
According to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.
BitSound@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Ah, my bad. It's 35 ly away from us, not from the host star.
Hotdogman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Gonna be a loooooong winter.